utility to fetch a new branch

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -7,18 +7,43 @@ on:
       - "*"
 
 jobs:
+  find-and-checkout-latest-branch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      latest_branch: ${{ steps.set_latest_branch.outputs.latest_branch }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.8'
+
+      - name: Fetch latest branch
+        id: fetch_latest_branch
+        run: |
+          pip install -U requests packaging
+          LATEST_BRANCH=$(python find_latest_release_branch.py)
+          echo "Latest branch: $LATEST_BRANCH"
+          echo "latest_branch=$LATEST_BRANCH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          
+      - name: Set latest branch output
+        id: set_latest_branch
+        run: echo "::set-output name=latest_branch::${{ env.latest_branch }}"
+
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.ref }}
+          ref: ${{ needs.find-and-checkout-latest-branch.outputs.latest_branch }}
 
       - name: Print the commit info
         env: 
-          REF: ${{ github.event.ref }}
+          REF: ${{ needs.find-and-checkout-latest-branch.outputs.latest_branch }}
         run: echo "Commit $REF"
 
       - name: Setup Python

fetch_latest_release_branch.py

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import requests
+from packaging.version import parse
+
+# GitHub repository details
+USER = "sayakpaul"
+REPO = "blossom"
+
+
+def fetch_all_branches(user, repo):
+    branches = []  # List to store all branches
+    page = 1  # Start from first page
+    while True:
+        # Make a request to the GitHub API for the branches
+        response = requests.get(f"https://api.github.com/repos/{user}/{repo}/branches", params={"page": page})
+
+        # Check if the request was successful
+        if response.status_code == 200:
+            # Add the branches from the current page to the list
+            branches.extend([branch["name"] for branch in response.json()])
+
+            # Check if there is a 'next' link for pagination
+            if "next" in response.links:
+                page += 1  # Move to the next page
+            else:
+                break  # Exit loop if there is no next page
+        else:
+            print("Failed to retrieve branches:", response.status_code)
+            break
+
+    return branches
+
+
+def main():
+    # Fetch all branches
+    branches = fetch_all_branches(USER, REPO)
+
+    # Filter branches.
+    # print(f"Total branches: {len(branches)}")
+    filtered_branches = []
+    for branch in branches:
+        if branch.startswith("v"):
+            filtered_branches.append(branch)
+            # print(f"Filtered: {branch}")
+
+    sorted_branches = sorted(filtered_branches, key=lambda x: parse(x.split("-")[0][1:]), reverse=True)
+    latest_branch = sorted_branches[0]
+    # print(f"Latest branch: {latest_branch}")
+    return latest_branch
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(main())

setup.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="blossoms_sayak",
-    version="0.15.0",
+    version="0.16.0",
     description="A simple Python package for math operations and geometry calculations.",
     long_description=open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8").read(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",

src/blossoms_sayak/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.15.0"
+__version__ = "0.16.0"
 
 from .geometry import circle_area
 from .operations import add, subtract, multiply, divide